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Fernando Javier León
Asked: 2022-07-02 18:31:41 +0800 CST 2022-07-02 18:31:41 +0800 CST

Word document generated with pypandoc shows empty

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I am generating a word file with pypandoc, I save it in a variable called output and then I make a response where I send that variable so that the document is downloaded

logo = str(settings.BASE_DIR) + '/cv_api/templates/logoutpl.png'
context = {'listaFinal': listaFinal, 'docente': docente, 'logo': logo}

html_string = render_to_string('documento.html', context)

output = pypandoc.convert(source= html_string, format='html', to='docx', 
outputfile=str(Path.home() / "documento") + 'cv.docx', extra_args='--css=/templates/pdf_gen.css')
    
response = HttpResponse( output, content_type='application/msword')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="cv.docx"'

return response

Here I do the response response = HttpResponse( output, content_type='application/msword'), but the document is saved in the place where it is indicated in the outputfile outputfile=str(Path.home() / "documento") + 'cv.docx'In this directory I download the document with the data, but in the response I download an empty word document, how can I do so that in the response I downloaded the document that is generated in the output variable. I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance

python

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In case it helps someone to solve this problem, I had to change the use of pypandoca called library python-docx-templatewhere the document is generated based on a template, .docxso I did it in the following way:

    logo = str(settings.BASE_DIR) + '/cv_api/templates/logoutpl.png'
response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/msword')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="cv.docx"'

doc = DocxTemplate(str(settings.BASE_DIR) + '/cv_api/templates/docx_filename.docx')
imagen = docente['foto_web_low'] 
myimage = InlineImage(doc, image_descriptor=logo, width=Mm(15), height=Mm(20))
context = {'listaFinal': listaFinal, 'docente': docente, 'var': logo, 'myimage': myimage}
doc.render(context)
doc.save(response)

return response

    This allowed me to generate the document with the necessary information.

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